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Re:Tons of microplastic rain onto western US by theplague42 on Friday June 26, 2020 @11:04PM (#23659187)
Cotton and wool are totally in style, not sure why they wouldn't be? I'm slowly eliminating polyesters from my wardrobe. If you like the feel, you can do rayon or other processed natural fibers.
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Re:Tons of microplastic rain onto western US by techntoke on Friday June 26, 2020 @11:13PM (#23659227)
Rayon is still incredibly toxic to produce because of the process.
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Re:Tons of microplastic rain onto western US by kortex on Saturday June 27, 2020 @12:06AM (#23659442)
How so? Carbon disulfide is rather nasty, but it's straightforward to recover most of it. TLV is 10 ppm, while the effluent air from Teepak is 100 ppm [0], meaning you could spend hours a day with just over a 10:1 dilution of the factory exhaust. And there are lots of efforts to get those emissions way lower.

If it means less microplastics, I'm all for it.

[0] https://www.osti.gov/biblio/5518183

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Re:Tons of microplastic rain onto western US by joveian on Saturday June 27, 2020 @03:03PM (#23663859)
Tencel brand is a closed-loop version of the lyocell rayon process.
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